If you're a ham radio operator and have time on your hands, you might consider volunteering for Public Service, it is one of the most worth while things you could ever do. Volunteering for Disaster and Emergencies would mean doing some training but you easily be instrumental in getting people rescued from a flood or organising a rescue team to dig people out of a collapsed building. Why waste your talents? It could change your whole life. Unlike...more
Steering and suspension parts form the core components of an automobile. Related to each other, automobile steering and suspension parts, work in sync with each other. While the suspension parts ensure proper support of the automobile body on its undercarriage, the steering parts support the mechanical system through which the vehicle is operated. The suspension of a car is the...more
The thing about radio is that conversations aren't private, and as a result some conversations that should never be heard can reach a wide audience. In this case, they were even put on tape. On the night of 11 September 1971, a young man called Robert Rowland was sitting alone in his flat in Wimpole Street, Central London. His wife had gone to visit her parents so he settled down with a cup of tea planning to listen to his radio for company. Instead, he found himself listening to conversations between robbers and their rooftop lookout. He contacted the local police station to no avail, so he decided to record the conversations while the robbery was in progress. Robert knew he was listening to a bank robbery but didn't have enough information to identify which one it was. He then contacted Scotland Yard and at 2 am a senior police officer alerted radio detector vans to track down the gang and to have the 750 banks within a 10 mile radius of Roberts receiver checked. This included the Baker Street Branch of Lloyds Bank, but the police apparently found nothing. By this time the bank vault was full of fumes and the gang had left for the night leaving only the lookout on the roof. The...more
Electronic stores are becoming more and more popular. With the introduction of new technology every day it's easy to see why stores that cater to the electronics fan are popping up steadily on the retail horizon. Electronics stores sell many different products. One of the most common...more
No, I'm not talking about the Academy Awards. Amateur radio has it's own Oscars, but they're not awards given to glamorous movie stars, directors and writers. In radio terminology an Oscar is a satellite. OSCAR stands for Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio. These satellites allow amateur radio operators all over the world to communicate with...more
Is anything ever free these days? Maybe so. Instigated by the incredibly slow adoption of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) by doctors across the nation, Medicare is announcing it will begin offering doctors free electronic medical record software solutions.Both upfront and ongoing costs have been critical factors in the lagging EMR adoption rate. Medicare hopes that by providing doctors with a free or very low-cost system, doctors will readily adopt EMR putting healthcare providers in America on a common system, thereby, providing Medicare and the general public with obvious, health, reporting and billing benefits.The proposed system is VistA, (Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture) the widely popular system built by the Veterans Administration. The adoption of VistA has resulted in the VA achieving a pharmacy prescription accuracy rate of 99.997%. Due to the implementation of VistA, the VA also outperforms most public sector hospitals on a variety of criteria. The VistA system is public domain software, available through the Freedom of Information Act directly from the VA website or through...more
Ham Radio is a fascinating hobby. Since licensing was first issued, many millions of radio licenses have been issued. With the rapid development in radio and electronics in recent years, equipment has become cheaper, smaller and technically better....more
Steering and suspension parts form the core components of an automobile. Related to each other, automobile steering and suspension parts, work in sync with each other. While the suspension parts ensure proper support of the automobile body on its...more
The American Radio Relay League was founded in 1914 and is the USA's largest membership organization for radio amateurs, with over 154,000. It is a non profit making organisation that provides both technical advice and...more
How do you get into this Safety Center mess?First, someone installed some "Free" but infected software such as screensavers, toolbars, or Torrens on your computer. Second, you has...more
The MP3 player wireless FM transmitter allows you to listen to the MP3 music saved on your USB flash drive or SD card in your car, truck, boat or RV. Now you can enjoy your MP3 music...more
Often with age there are many factors which change your life and lead it to a new direction. Sometimes you might experience problems with your bodily structures with some kind of injury, ailment or pain which may obstruct your routines and lead to...more